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Page Tool and Layout Adjustments - for iPad

Aug 2, 2012 5:37 PM

Tags: #cs5 #indesign #layout #tool #page #adjustments

Is there a good way to resize a document in InDesign CS5? I work at a print publication that needs to re-adjust the page specs to a size that is compatible with the iPad. I tried using the 'Page Tool and Layout Adjustments' but I find them not very good! Or I might not be using them proplerly? Can anyone please even point me to any free tutorials online?

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daver

406 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: Dave Daver, Aug 8, 2012 11:10 AM

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1. Steve Werner,

Aug 2, 2012 6:02 PM in reply to Dave Daver

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The new "liquid layout" adjustments are not intuitive and you DO need to see them demonstrated. Here are a couple of videos made by Anne-Marie Concepcion for Lynda.com which are available thru Adobe TV:

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-indesign-cs6/understanding-liquid-layo ut-rules/

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-indesign-cs6/using-basic-liquid-layout -rules-scale-recenter-and-based-on-master/

I hope they help!

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2. Bob Levine,

Aug 2, 2012 6:09 PM in reply to Dave Daver

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CS5 din't have very advanced tools for this. If you're going to be publishing to iPad I would recommend upgrading to CS6

Bob

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3. Steve Werner,

Aug 2, 2012 6:38 PM in reply to Bob Levine

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Oops. Missed the fact that Dave was working in CS5!

I totally agree with Bob that you need to upgrade to CS6 for that kind of work. There were major advances in layout adjustment which the videos I referenced point out very clearly.

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4. Dave Daver,

Aug 8, 2012 11:10 AM in reply to Steve Werner

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Thanks for all your help - yes it looks like I need to upgrade to CS6! For now I guess I am stuck doing this manually on CS5!

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